U.S. Air Force E-8 JSTARS Radar Jet Flies Rare Sortie Directly Over Eastern Ukraine
The JSTARS fleet may be heading towards retirement but it’s still providing critical intelligence near the world’s biggest flashpoints.
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Secret RQ-180 “White Bat” Spy Drone Alluded To In New Air Force Video
White bat iconography surrounds the shadowy RQ-180 program and it’s no mistake the Air Force just dropped that name and showed a similar design.
The RQ-180 Drone Will Emerge From The Shadows As The Centerpiece Of An Air Combat Revolution
The Air Force’s secretive, very stealthy, and high-flying drone won’t be just a better spy aircraft, it will be a deeply networked game-changer.
Nearly All F-15Es Photographed Arriving In Middle East Carried Dragon’s Eye Radar Pods
The radar pods give the F-15E a highly potent surveillance and targeting capability that can peer through clouds, smoke, and dust. These capabilities, paired with the F-15E’s extreme flexibility, would be highly useful when it comes to monitoring Iranian activities and countering Iranian threats during an actual conflict.
Northrop Grumman Is Vying To Give B-52 Bomber A Game-Changing New Radar
The new radar will give the 60-year-old jets totally new capabilities that could drastically change the way they fight during a conflict.
USAF’s New Ground Tracking Radar Plan Desperately Needs Stealthy Flying Sensor Trucks
The service will replace the E-8C JSTARS with a mix of upgraded existing aircraft and drones, but that might not work for high risk missions.
USAF May Dump Its E-8C JSTARS Replacement Program For A Shadowy “Distributed” Solution
A Lockheed exec’s super slick pitch for the company’s E-8C JSTARS replacement jet hints at the use of technologies from top secret programs.
USAF Or NATO Should Snap Up The RAF’s Retiring R1 Sentinel Radar Planes
The Sentinels are powerful, highly relevant, modern and relatively efficient intelligence gathering tools that need to remain in the air.